Mavericks surf break

Mavericks surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mavericks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mavericks sea temperature is
13.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mavericks today?

The current surf forecast for Mavericks at 8AM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

Table - waves today at Mavericks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
4
3
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)91010101010101010111110101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13091484951804676610522464473511511419298292286263263274298298298304255332
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
20
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
5
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
SSE
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
1.62
7:49PM
1.30
6:07AM
1.59
8:37PM
1.39
7:22AM
1.58
9:16PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
1.00
12:27PM
-0.09
12:36AM
0.92
1:33PM
-0.09
1:48AM
0.78
2:27PM
-0.07
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:27-------7:28--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9910161916141617171720222013131311121516161312
Feels °C (?)358131411101315141216181610111210111314131110
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